Question follow-through · 28692

Police: Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there have been Suffolk in each financial year since 2019.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
6 Feb 2025
Answer
12 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there have been Suffolk in each financial year since 2019.

  2. 6 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-w...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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